Gilfach Fargoed railway station

Gilfach Fargoed
Location
Place	Gilfach
Local authority	Caerphilly
Grid reference	ST152990
Operations
Station code	GFF
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	8,997
2005/06	6,335
2006/07	2,284
2007/08	2,556
2008/09	2,394
2009/10	3,396
2010/11	3,376
2011/12	4,182
2012/13	3,456
2013/14	3,690
2014/15	3,606
History
Key dates	Opened April 1908 (April 1908)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Gilfach Fargoed from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Gilfach Fargoed railway station is a railway station serving the village of Gilfach, in Caerphilly county borough, south Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network.

The platforms are short (16 m) and can barely accommodate a British Rail Class 153 train. Passengers can only alight from the front doors of any train calling here, so the conductor on longer trains must give passengers advance notice so that they have time to move towards the front set of doors.

History

Built as a halt by the Rhymney Railway in 1908 for recently introduced steam railmotors, some 50 years after the line first opened. Although very close, the halt did not serve the Brecon and Merthyr Railway which passed behind, on its way to Bargoed south Junction.

Services

Mondays to Saturdays there is an hourly service between Bargoed and Penarth. Sundays there is a two-hourly service between Rhymney and Barry Island.

External links

• Train times and station information for Gilfach Fargoed railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Pengam		Arriva Trains Wales Rhymney Line		Bargoed